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Veljko Narančić

Yugoslav Olympic athlete (1898-1983)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ12749720 ↗
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Veljko Narančić (26 May 1898 – 6 February 1983) was a Croatian athlete who competed for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a three-time Olympian and appeared at the 1924, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics, competing in shot put and discus throw, without winning any medals.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Veljko Narančić” as yugoslav Olympic athlete (1898-1983). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1898, 1983, 1924, 1932—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1898-05-26. The account is most persuasive where Veljko, Narančić and Yugoslav can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as yugoslav Olympic athlete (1898-1983). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12749720. VIAF identifies the subject as 18144648205901087352. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1898, 1983, 1924 and 1932.

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This entry incorporates text from “Veljko Narančić” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.